Refrigerator



(Model.) G. 0. HODGDON.

REPRIGERATOR.

No. 251,831. Patented Jan. 3,18812.

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UNITED STATES y PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. HODGDON, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,881, dated January3, 188.2.

Application iledNovemher 15, 1880. Renewed July 6, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE C. HODGDON, of Allegheny city, in the countyof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Refrigerators; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichjt pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in refrigerators; and it consistsin the introduction of an ice-receptacle entirely surrounded by passagesfor air, which receptacle can be removed and replaced at pleasurewithout diffculty.

It has heretofore been customary to make the ice-receptaclesfixtures inthe refrigerators,

` removable only with great difliculty, and seldom without injury tosome parts of the refrigerators. By my improvement the ice-rc# ceptaclecan be drawn outA without trouble, and when removed from therefrigerator-nothing prevents a thorough washing and cleaning -of allparts, which is so essential` in places where milk, butter, meat, and'other victuals are kept for preservation from the effects of a heatedatmosphere.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

Figurel is a front elevation of my refrigerator. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the ice-boxalone.

The box A represents the refrigerator. It has a rabbeted close-fittin gdoor, B, that occupies the whole front, leaving a small aperture or venton top for the escape of heated air from below. The lower two-thirds ofthe space in the box A are to be occupied by perforated shelves for thesupport of substances to be kept cool, which shelves may be taken out atpleasure.

Within the box A, and attached Vto its rear side, is a Water-pipe, b,with an enlarged upper end or funnel under the bottom of the frame D,which frame laterally occupies the space in the box` A to within a shortdistance of its sides, rear, and front. Y

Hinged to one ofthe nprights G of the frame D is a rabbetednon-conducting door, E, which door, when closed, is flush with theuprights G, leaving an open space or flue between it and the outer door,B. The uprghts C, reaching as high as the box allows, project at thesides of the frame D, and with a projecting piece, d,

' tacle F, whose perforated vertical walls m are secured to the innersides of the uprights C, which walls inclose the sides and rear of thereceptacle and rest in the pan.

By means of the ribsi air passages or chan-4 nels arc made under theice-box, and thus a better circulation is kept up and a largercooling-surface attained.

The front of the receptacle F is closed by the hinged door E, that issomewhat lower than the uprights C, leaving a space on top open for thepassage of air; 'and the hole; in threesides or walls of the receptaclealso permit air to pass downward after being cooled by the ice. i

From the pan h leads a short pipe down to the enlarged upper end of thepipe b, through which water collected in the pan is carried off.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the ice-receptacle is entirelyisolated, and that the creased by the addition of one or more ice-re'ccptacles side by side, arranged tol pass ice from one to the other,with non-conduncting walls separating the space below. If this be done,the door of but one chamber need bev openedat a time; hence thetemperaturein those that remain closed will not be a'ected. By removingthe ice-receptacle from the re- TOO frigerator when not needed as suchthe box A around the box for the free circulation of air, ro is made aconvenient cup or side board. substantially as shown.

Having thus described my invention, I In testimony that I claim theforegoing I claimhave hereunto set my hand this 24th day of In arefrigerator, the combination of the February, 1880.

frame A, the support D, having the ribs i, the GEORGE C, HODGDON.

ice-box F, having perforated sides m, and pro- Vituesses:

vided with the door E, the box being made T. F. LEHMANN,

removable from the frame, and :1- spuee left all SAML. DIESCHER.

